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Posted on March 1, 2024June 4, 2024 by Dan Ness

Family size continues to influence connected device usage levels

Blame the soccer moms, the helicopter parents, or the kids. Or just accept that technology is a bigger part of the lives of those in larger households–either for fun, shopping, of getting things done. Adults in larger households use their connected devices for more hours than those with only one or two persons. This pattern has been true since 2018 and across nearly all countries surveyed from 2018 through 2023.

This MetaFAQs reports the average (mean) number of weekly hours adults use their connected devices – smartphones, computers, or tablets – by country and household size.. Report [TUP_doc_2024_0301_bust] in TUP Lenses: Devices; PCs; Mobile Phones; Tablets; User Profile; Households

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CategoriesMetaFAQs, TUP 2018, TUP 2019, TUP 2020, TUP 2021, TUP 2022, TUP 2023 TagsDevices, Households, Mobile phones, PCs, Tablets, User Profile

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